Time to abandon the standard retreatment regimen with first-line drugs for failures of standard treatment

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 607-608

  Espinal, Marcos A ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037774749     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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